Design and Dynamic Study of a Storage Vessel (Silo) With Consideration for Indian Seismic Zones

Abstract

Bins, silos, tanks, and bunkers are examples
of buildings used to store bulk solids. These
structures are known by a variety of names:
bins or bunkers, which are shallow structures
used to store coal, gravel, crushed stone, and
related materials, and silos, which are tall
structures used to store commodities
including coal, wheat, and cement. It is
possible to raise and maintain elevated silos
that have reinforced concrete frames or
columns. Typically, they have a cylindrical
shell, a conical hopper, and a conical roof.
Many various kinds of enterprises, such as
cement plants that store clinkers, power
companies that store sulfur pellets, and
cement plants that store clinkers, employ
circular silos made of steel or reinforced
concrete to store goods.
The use of steel panels on one side to
strengthen the stability of the steel silos and
shear walls to reinforce the stability of the
reinforced concrete silos in these buildings
illustrates how elevated steel and reinforced
concrete circular storage silos behave during
earthquakes. Shear wall panels make the
structure less flexible and stiffer. The seismic
parameters, load combinations, load
assignment, load calculations, and analysis
are all documented in this research.
Additionally, the analysis's findings have been
contrasted and presented. All of the model
results are shown, along with the minimum
values needed for beams and columns. The
maximum shear stresses and highest absolute
stresses produced in each model are shown in
contour diagrams and tables.